compassiveadj.

/kəmˈpasɪv/

Etymology: < Latin compass- participial stem of compati to suffer with (see compassion n.) + -ive suffix.

Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic, compassionate, pitiful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > pitying or compassionate

ruefulc1225

ruthfulc1225

piteousc1300

pietousa1393

rueinga1400

piec1429

compassionable1548

compassioned?1578

miserable1584

compassionate1587

pitying1589

eleemosynous?1590

humane1603

compassionful1604

remorsive1606

remorseful1610

compassive1612

yearnful1633

1612 R. Sheldon 1st Serm. after Conversion 44 Any compassiue mind and heart..cannot but compassionate their wretched..seruitudes.

1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. v. 140 Murmuring somewhat..with a low and compassive voice.

1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xii. 251 But apropos, my lord, these same compassive acts against slander..have they yet passed into a law?

a1860 J. Gardner Faiths World I. 570/2 Compassivity, a term used in Romanist writers to express the feelings of a saint on beholding in a vision the sufferings of Christ whereby his soul is transpierced with the sword of a compassive pain.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	compassive
释义	compassiveadj. /kəmˈpasɪv/ Etymology: < Latin compass- participial stem of compati to suffer with (see compassion n.) + -ive suffix. Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic, compassionate, pitiful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > pitying or compassionate ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 piteousc1300 pietousa1393 rueinga1400 piec1429 compassionable1548 compassioned?1578 miserable1584 compassionate1587 pitying1589 eleemosynous?1590 humane1603 compassionful1604 remorsive1606 remorseful1610 compassive1612 yearnful1633 1612 R. Sheldon 1st Serm. after Conversion 44 Any compassiue mind and heart..cannot but compassionate their wretched..seruitudes. 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. v. 140 Murmuring somewhat..with a low and compassive voice. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xii. 251 But apropos, my lord, these same compassive acts against slander..have they yet passed into a law? a1860 J. Gardner Faiths World I. 570/2 Compassivity, a term used in Romanist writers to express the feelings of a saint on beholding in a vision the sufferings of Christ whereby his soul is transpierced with the sword of a compassive pain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1612
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